Moscow – March 12, 2007 – Rostelecom (NYSE: ROS; RTS, MICEX: RTKM, RTKMP), Russia’s national long-distance telecommunications operator, today announced the lists of candidates to the Board of Directors and the Audit Commission of the Company.
On March 6, 2007 Rostelecom’s Board of Directors approved the list of candidates to the Board of Directors as follows:
| 1. |
Mikhail Alexeev |
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Representative of Svyazinvest |
| 2. |
Vladimir Bobin |
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Deputy General Director of CIT Finance Investment Bank |
| 3. |
Chechelnitsky Yevgeny |
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Deputy General Director of Svyazinvest |
| 4. |
Valery Degtyarev |
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General Director of Professional Telecommunications |
| 5. |
Anatoly Gavrilenkov |
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General Director of Leader (Asset management company of pension fund) |
| 6. |
Alexander Kiselev |
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General Director of Svyazinvest |
| 7. |
Ludmila Kormilitsyna |
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Head of Division of Corporate Governance and Legal Department of Svyazinvest |
| 8. |
Sergei Kuznetsov |
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Representative of Svyazinvest |
| 9. |
Yevgeny Logovitsky |
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Deputy Chairman of Management Board of Insurance Company of Gas Industry (SOGAZ) |
| 10. |
Nikolai Mylnikov |
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Director of Legal Department of CIT Finance Investment Bank |
| 11. |
Natalia Odintsova |
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Senior Analyst of Leader (Asset management company of pension fund) |
| 12. |
Stanislav Panchenko |
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Deputy General Director of Svyazinvest |
| 13. |
Elena Selvich |
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Executive Director – Director of Economy and Finance Department of Svyazinvest |
| 14. |
Natalia Terentyeva |
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Financial expert, ACCA certificate |
| 15. |
Maxim Tsyganov |
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Managing Director of Moscow Branch of CIT Finance Investment Bank |
| 16. |
Yekaterina Vasilyeva |
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Director of Corporate Finance Department of CIT Finance Investment Bank |
| 17. |
Valentina Veremyanina |
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Deputy Director of Corporate Governance and Legal Department of Svyazinvest |
| 18. |
Dmitry Yerokhin |
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General Director of Rostelecom |
| 19. |
Oleg Zyuzin |
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Head of Information Technologies Department of Leader (Asset management company of pension fund) |
According to Rostelecom’s Charter the Board of Directors consists of 11 members.
Rostelecom’s Board of Directors also decided to include the following persons into the list of candidates to the Audit Commission of the Company:
| 1. |
Natalia Belyakova |
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Deputy Director of Economy and Finance Department of Svyazinvest |
| 2. |
Kirill Frolov |
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Head of Internal Audit Department of Svyazinvest |
| 3. |
Olga Koroleva |
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Chief Accountant of Svyazinvest |
| 4. |
Gennady Kovalenko |
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Representative of Svyazinvest |
| 5. |
Dmitry Tushunov |
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Chief Economist of Leader (Asset management company of pension fund) |
| 6. |
Natalia Ustinova |
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Chief Accountant of CIT Finance Investment Bank |
| 7. |
Yekaterina Yerofteeva |
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Deputy Director of Strategic Development Department of Svyazinvest |
According to Rostelecom’s Charter the Audit Commission consists of 5 members.
New members of the Board of Directors and Audit Commission will be elected at the Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting of the Company upon the results of the year 2006.
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